News

2015

• Harper Government Announces Two High-Value Contracts Under NSPS [July 10, 2015]
• Harper Government Awards Contract for Search and Rescue Lifeboats [July 9, 2015]
• Harper Government Marks Shipbuilding Milestone [June 18, 2015]
• Harper Government Awards Contract to Extend Life of Coast Guard Vessel Leonard J. Cowley [February 18, 2015]
• Harper Government Awards Shipbuilding Contract That Supports Jobs Across Canada [January 23, 2015]

2014

• The Government of Canada Awards a Coast Guard Vessel Life Extension Contract to a Northern Company [December 2, 2014]
• Harper Government Announces Request for Proposals for Search and Rescue Vessels for the Coast Guard [November 26, 2014]
• Minister Blaney Highlights Contract Awarded to Babcock Canada for Refit Work on Coast Guard Vessel CCGS Des Groseilliers [October 31, 2014]
• Harper Government Highlights New Milestone in Construction of First Canadian Ships [October 27, 2014]
• Harper Government's Shipbuilding Strategy Hits Another Milestone [September 3, 2014]
• News Release – Job creation and economic growth continues with National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy [February 6, 2014]

2013

• Harper Government Awards Contracts for Canadian Coast Guard Ships Dumit and Eckaloo Vessel Repairs [December 2, 2013]
• National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy Secretariat welcomes the Auditor General's report on the NSPS Program [November 26, 2013]
• National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy Secretariat announces Vancouver Shipyards to build the Joint Support Ships in 2016 [2013-10-11]
• Vancouver Shipyards to build Medium Endurance Multi-Tasked Vessels and Offshore Patrol Vessels for the Canadian Coast Guard [2013-10-07]
• Backgrounder: Arctic Offshore Patrol Ships – The Facts, Response with respect to September 18, 2013 CBC story [2013-09-19]
• News Release - Minister Finley highlights job creation and progress of shipbuilding strategy in Halifax [2013-08-21]
• New Design Unveiled for Canadian Coast Guard Lifeboats [2013-07-12]
• Government of Canada selects third-party expert to support upcoming National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy projects [2013-07-11]
• Minister MacKay Announces New Vessels for the Canadian Coast Guard Fleet [2013-06-26]
• Joint Support Ship Design Selected [2013-06-02]
• Statement in Response to the CBC Report of May 2, 2013 on the Arctic Offshore Patrol Ships [2013-05-03]
• Backgrounder - The National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy Guiding Principles [2013-04-23]
• News Release - Government seeks third-party expert on upcoming National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy contract [2013-04-23]
• Atlantic Shipbuilding Action Plan [2013-03-07]
• ARCHIVED - Government Ship Strategy Bolstering Canada's Economy [2013-03-07]
  • AOPS Definition Contract Awarded, 7 work packages:
    • Project Management (Authorized March 7)
    • Engineering Design Phase 1 (Authorized March 7)
    • Engineering Design Phase 2
    • Engineering Design Phase 3
    • Project Implementation Proposal Development
    • Test Production Module
    • Long Lead Items Procurement
• NSPS Technical Briefing [2013-02-27]
  • ARCHIVED - NSPS Update
  • Speaking Notes
• ARCHIVED - Progress continues under NSPS with contracts to Vancouver Shipyards [2013-02-22]
• Government to Extend the Life of the Canadian Coast Guard Fleet [2013-02-21]
• Briefing for Nova Scotia Government Delegation [2013-01-14]

2012

• NSPS Secretariat Response to PBO Request December 17, 2012 [2012-12-17]
• Presentation to the PBO [2012-12-11]
• NSPS Secretariat Response to PBO Request December 03, 2012 [2012-12-03]
• Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates [2012-11-22]
• PBO request to NSPS Secretariat (PDF 581 KB) (Help with Alternative Formats) [2012-11-19]
• NSPS Secretariat Response to PBO Request November 6, 2012 [2012-11-06]
• NSPS Status Update (briefing deck)
  Backgrounder: NSPS Update - October 2012 [2012-10-19]
• Archived - Preliminary Contract signed with Irving Shipbuilding for the Arctic Offshore Patrol Ships [2012-07-10]
• Archived - Canada Signs Long-term Agreements with NSPS Selected Shipyards [2012-02-13] [2012-02-14]
• Government concludes agreement in principle with Vancouver Shipyards Co. Ltd. to build non-combat vessels [2012-01-12]
• Government concludes agreement in principle with Irving Shipbuilding Inc. to build combat vessels for the Royal Canadian Navy [2012-01-12]

2011

• Results of the Request for Proposals to build large vessels for Canada [2011-10-19]
• Acceptance of Change of Bidder [2011-07-27]
• Bids Close for the National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy Request for Proposal [2011-07-21]
• Application for Change of Bidder [2011-07-21]
• Backgrounder: Request for Two Month Extension of Bid Closing Date Denied [2011-06-30]
• Two Month Bid Extension Request Denied [2011-06-30]
• Request to Extend Bid Period for the National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy [2011-06-23]
• Briefing for the British Columbia Government Delegation [2011-06-23]
• Briefing for Quebec Government Delegation [2011-06-14]
• Briefing for Nova Scotia Government Delegation [2011-05-30]
• Application for a Change of Bidder [2011-05-30]
• Final First Marine International Report Released to Short-Listed Shipyards [2011-03-09]
• National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy: Release of the Request for Proposal to build large vessels for Canada [2011-02-07]
• Fifth Meeting of Short-Listed Shipyards [2011-01-27]
• Fourth Meeting of Short-Listed Shipyards [2011-01-07]

2010

• Third Meeting of Short-Listed Shipyards [2010-12-04]
• Second Meeting of Short-Listed Shipyards [2010-11-10]
• Benchmarking of Shipyards [2010-10-13]
• Archived - Results of Shipbuilding Qualification Process [2010-10-08]
• Archived - The Department of National Defence and the Government of Canada's National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy [2010-06-03]
• Archived - Announcement of the National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy [2010-06-03]